SLOANE STREET
FILMS
An award-winning independent film production company.
We develop and produce original, director-led cinema and premium television projects with a strong creative point of view.
Alongside our produced feature work, we currently maintain a slate of film and television projects in development for the international market.
previous work
project focus
'KAIROS' (2018) FEATURE
During a private sparring session, a violent mishap occurs between Danny, a man with Down syndrome, and his mentor John.
In the fallout, the two men must confront their deepest fears. Danny attends a community workshop for artists with disabilities, where he experiences strange visions that trigger a crisis of identity, whilst John nurses his bruised ego, driving him deeper into a darkness from which he may never return.
Top Ten Audience Film - Melbourne International Film Festival
Winner - Best Film - XXII Tertio Millenio Film Festival
Winner - Panavision Film of the Year - Lebanese Film Festival Australia
Praise for 'Kairos'
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"Part Drama, part comedy... all oneiric Masterpiece" - Cain Noble-Davis, Filmink
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"A bold piece of work tackled with perceptive candour" - Sandra Hall, SMH
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"Innovative, challenging... A shamanic film" - Tertio Millenio Jury
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"A groundbreaking achievement" - Lebanese Film Festival Australia
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" Nothing short of a miracle" - Dov Kornits, Filmink
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"One of the must-see Australian films of 2019" - cinemaaustralia.com
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key creatives
Paul Barakat is a writer, director, and producer working in feature films and character-driven genre storytelling.
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His debut feature film Kairos (2019) was critically acclaimed, screened internationally, and received multiple festival awards before being acquired for distribution by Pinnacle Films. The film established his focus on contained narratives, performance-forward filmmaking, and disciplined independent production.
Paul’s earlier work includes award-winning short films such as Fragments, which screened internationally, and Gish, a multi-platform science-fiction project that included a comic book collaboration with Marvel artist Marcelo Baez.
He began his career as a professional actor and has worked across film, television, and theatre since 2003, an experience that continues to inform his approach to performance, rehearsal, and actor-centric storytelling.
Paul is currently developing a slate of new feature and prestige TV projects spanning elevated genre and commercially minded independent cinema.
Carla Barakat's first foray into the film industry was in the year 2000, when she got a wonderful opportunity to work closely with cast and crew on the set of Baz Lurhmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge’.
After falling in love with the behind the scenes magic, Carla turned her attention to studying and working in various aspects of production and fashion design, culminating in the launch of her event-planning business, Sugarcumb Inc., which serves both local and international clientele.
She has also worked in multiple roles across key creative departments on nearly every one of her husband's films, including producing, costume and production design, make-up and script editing.
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She most recently produced the multi-award winning, theatrically distributed indie feature, 'Kairos'.